Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP Time/Transport - varispeed/shuttle

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP Time/Transport - varispeed/shuttle
From: David Olofson (david_AT_olofson.net)
Date: Sat Dec 21 2002 - 19:18:43 EET


On Friday 20 December 2002 17.20, Tim Hockin wrote:
[...]
> > I think it's too much to ask for plugin writers to manage
> > seeking. Instead the transport should do it by prerolling some
> > distance at faster than realtime (playback buffers are thrown
> > away as they are generated).
>
> eww, the seeking needs to be instantaneous, and unless you suggest
> supporting infinite tempo (forward and backward)...

That wouldn't work anyway, since the things that depend on SEEK (and
SPEED) are generally not related to musical time, but rather wall
clock time, calculated from audio time. (That's why you need SPEED at
all for FFWD.)

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